Head-to-Head: Games Played Between John Battle and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which John Battle and Hakeem Olajuwon played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 15 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has an 8-7 winning record over John Battle. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
John Battle:
1985-86 to 1994-95
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
15 Games played
15 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
John Battle
7
7
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
John Battle 9.9 1.7 3.3 0.90.1
Hakeem Olajuwon 19.3 12.5 3.21.53.9
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
John Battle 27 4 11 42
Hakeem Olajuwon 29 20 9 67
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
John Battle 3

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0

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7

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4

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0

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Hakeem Olajuwon 11

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15

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6

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7

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15

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Both had same stat 1

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0

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2

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4

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 11, 1986
1. Hawks 100   John Battle 10 1 5 2 0 0 0 13 4-6 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 113   Hakeem Olajuwon 25 12 1 0 5 0 3 36 12-18 .667 0-0 - 1-3 .333
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 01, 1987
2. Hawks 104   John Battle 27 1 8 2 0 2 4 36 9-15 .600 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Rockets 106   Hakeem Olajuwon 10 11 3 1 1 2 4 37 5-14 .357 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 21, 1987
3. Hawks 104   John Battle 18 4 5 4 0 3 2 24 8-14 .571 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 94   Hakeem Olajuwon 17 6 3 1 5 5 4 46 6-13 .462 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Dec. 22, 1987
4. Hawks 103   John Battle 14 0 0 0 0 1 1 22 5-11 .455 0-1 .000 4-6 .667
Rockets 122   Hakeem Olajuwon 14 13 1 0 4 3 3 36 4-10 .400 0-0 - 6-9 .667
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 21, 1988
5. Hawks 113   John Battle 8 4 11 2 2 1 4 32 3-7 .429 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500
Rockets 117   Hakeem Olajuwon 18 14 6 3 6 3 4 43 8-21 .381 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Apr. 07, 1989
6. Hawks 120   John Battle 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 25 5-11 .455 0-0 - 1-2 .500
OT Rockets 112   Hakeem Olajuwon 20 12 1 1 6 4 6 39 7-17 .412 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 08, 1990
7. Hawks 110   John Battle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 108   Hakeem Olajuwon 27 15 5 3 3 1 5 42 12-19 .632 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 24, 1990
8. Hawks 104   John Battle 12 3 4 0 0 1 2 34 6-11 .545 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 19 4 1 7 4 2 46 5-22 .227 0-0 - 12-14 .857
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 04, 1990
9. Hawks 113   John Battle 9 4 3 1 0 1 2 22 3-11 .273 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Rockets 110   Hakeem Olajuwon 29 17 0 1 4 1 6 45 13-24 .542 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mar. 28, 1991
10. Hawks 111   John Battle 19 4 3 1 0 0 3 25 6-9 .667 1-2 .500 6-7 .857
Rockets 112   Hakeem Olajuwon 14 10 0 1 1 1 5 33 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1991-92 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 30, 1991
11. Cavaliers 121   John Battle 8 1 7 1 0 5 0 23 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Rockets 89   Hakeem Olajuwon 12 11 1 0 1 1 3 26 5-12 .417 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1992-93 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 19, 1992
12. Cavaliers 92   John Battle 6 0 1 1 0 1 1 14 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 99   Hakeem Olajuwon 28 20 5 3 4 2 5 41 12-22 .545 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Dec. 15, 1992
13. Cavaliers 124   John Battle 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 06 0-1 .000 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 97   Hakeem Olajuwon 18 8 5 0 3 2 4 37 8-15 .533 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1993-94 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 05, 1993
14. Cavaliers 98   John Battle 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 99   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 9 4 1 5 5 2 40 10-16 .625 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Jan. 25, 1994
15. Cavaliers 93   John Battle 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 06 0-3 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 13 10 9 6 4 4 5 44 6-20 .300 0-0 - 1-1 1.000